Improvement in oil-cans



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'WILLIAM WnsTLAKE, .or'c'H'roAem ILLINoI-S.

' Letters P atent N o. 107,141, dated September 6. 1870.

IMPROVEMENT o'IL-cANs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

I, WILLIAM WESTLAKE, of the city of-Chicago, in the'county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Oil- -Cz ms`, of'which the following is a full description, ref'- erence being had to the accompanying drawing making apart of'this specification, in which- Figure 1 is am elevation. Figure 2shows the can-spout, with the cover removed.

.Figures 3 and 4 show the spout-cover and the wire to which it is secured, in two positions.

The object of my invent-ion is.to provide a method of holding the cover of a can -spout'l upon the spout, so that it will not he likely to be removed unintentionally. Also, to combine with such cover a. device for holding the wicks of lamps while being filled, for which device I have heretofore obtained a patent.

In the drawing- A represents the body of an oil-cnn.

B, the spoilt.

0, a bruce, one end of which is fastened to the body ot' the can, the other -to the spout. The end .which is fastened to the spout `has a hook, d, upon each side of it.

'Ihe cover b or the spout is secured to-and between the two parts ofthe bent wire a a, the ends cof which 'are curved outward a little, as shown in fig. 3.

The bent wire a, a can be used for the purpose of holding the wick of the lamp in the mouth of the same, while the lamp is being filled, and I make it of 'such length that'when the cover b'is placed upon the spout the curved ends e c will engage in the hooks d (l, thus holding the cover upon the spout, and preventing its accidental removal.

.` I thus provide an easy and eiiicient method of holding the cover upon the spoutA securely, and furnish with the can a device for holding lthe wick while filling the lamp.

The use of this wick-holding device will be understood by reference to a patent recently issued to me.

If the brace C should not he used, a hooked wire might be secured to the spout,- to hold the wire a. a in position.V

Hoving thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isas follows:

The combination and arrangement of the cover b and wire a a with the hooks d d and cau-spout B, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

WILLIAM WES'ILAKE.

\Vitnesses:

E A. WEST, O. W. BOND. 

